Color-holder



UNITED STATES PATENT oFFIcEQ ERNEST L. PORTER, F BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

COLOR-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 16, 1919.

v Applicationfiled June 24, 1919. Serial No. 306,510.

'To all whom it may concern Be it known'that I, ERNEST L. PORTER, a

v citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suflolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Color-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

' This invention is an improvement on the structure disclosed by U. S. Patent No.

692,040, dated January 28, 1902, said structure comprising an elongated trough formed with internal supporting ledges at. its ends,

a grated cover adapted to be supported by said ledges and having a relatively wide roller-containing opening, and relatively narrow liquid-receiving openings between narrow transverse members, forming a grating, and a roller journaled in bearings on the cover, and adapted to be partially immersed in liquid contained in the trough, the cover being of angular form so that the portion in which the roller is journaled is depressed below the end portions of the cover to correspondingly depress the roller.

The present invention relates entirely to the construction of the grated cover and the roller bearings carried thereby, and is embodied in the improvements which I will now proceed to describe and claim.

Of the'accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification,

Figure 1 is a top plan viewof a color holder embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a section on line 22 of Fig.1.

Fig. 3 is a section on a larger scale, on line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view,

showing a portion of one of the flanged longitudinal members hereinafter described. Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4, the

longitudinal member being bent.

Fig. 6 is'aperspective view of the stay piece and the extension thereof, hereinafter described.

Fig. 7 is a view similar to Figs. 5 and 6, the stay piece being attached to the flange of the longitudinal member.

The "same reference characters indicate the same parts in all of the figures.

In the drawings, 12 represents a trough adapted to hold a liquid dressing 13 for shoes, the trough being provided with internal ledges 14, adapted to support the grated roller-supporting cover hereinafter described, said cover being adapted to support a roller 15, partially immersed in the jecting through a relatively wide opening in the cover, so that when the roller is rotated, the liquid is carried thereby above the liquid, the upper portion of the roller prov cover, in position to be taken up by a sponge held by the operator, who manipulates the sponge to return any surplus liquid to the trough, and suitably apply the remaining liquid to the shoe, as fully described in the above-mentioned patent.

In carrying out my invention, I construct the roller-carrying cover as next described. 16, 16 represent longitudinal sheet metal strips or members forming the opposite edge portions of the cover, said members being provided with downwardly projecting flanges 17. The blank from which each member 16 and its flange 17 are formed, is

provided with a slit 18, before the member is bent to form the flange 17 said slit extending entirely across the flange, as shown by Fig. 4. The member 16 is then bent transversely on the dotted line 19, 19 (Fig. 5), thus imparting an angular form to the member 16, and separating the edges of the slit 18 to form an openin l8 'in the flange 17.

To the flange of eac member 16 I attach, preferably by solder, a sheet metal stay piece 20 (Fig. 6) said stay piece covering the opening l8 'and being attached to the i flange 17 at'opposite sides of said opening.

The stay piece therefore rigidly connects the'portions of the divided flange 17, and maintains the angular form of the longitudinal member 16. Each stay piece is extended and bent to form an ear 21, spaced from the acting portion of the-stay piece by a neck 22, the ear 21 being provided with an aperture 23 forming a bearing'for the shaft 24 of the roller 15.

As shown by Fig. 3, the ear21 is secured to I the longitudinal member 16 by a solder joint ported relatively to the-trough shown by Fig. 2. The transverse membersQSand 30 form opposite sides of an opening containing the upper portion of the roller 15, The

transverse members 30, 32 andlgt form a.

grating over which a spongesupplied with liquidby the roller maybe moved'by the operatorto force, back into the trough any excess of liquid absorbed by the sponge.

The transverse members 32 and geare' sep- 'arated by a relatively wide opening 39, which is covered by a movable closure 40, composed H of a flap of sheet metal hinged at 41 tojthe transverse member 35 and resting loosely on c the transverse member c It is. customary ail-the end of. aldays work to remove the above described cover from v the trough and pour out the liquid angl sediment remaining in the trough.- It is al customary for the operator to ',deposit the dressing sponge in the trough, after the latterisemptied, thus providing for thesafe storage of the spongewhen it ,is not in,,use. w T e pe ns nd 2 95 7 Qle ab-l the operator to remove the, sponge before .comlnencing the next'days work, and to charge the trough ,with liquid, withoutulemQlving the entire cover, the closure eLQ- being raised as indicated ,by dotted lines, to permit the removal of the sponge and the. insertion of t ch e f q itlmnd t en, owed as shown by 'full lines,to partiallycoverthe trough, I V

It will beseenthat the, combination .ofthe fianged longitudinal members .16, the flanges whereoflare slitted, ,and the stay pieces 20 applied tothe flanges afterthe bending of the, longitudinal members, said ,stay pieces having extensions forming bearings for the roller shaft, provides a strong and dur able construction maintaining the longitudinal verse-member.

members in imparted thereto by the bending operation, and providing rigid bearings for the roller shaft.

I claim:

-- 1. A grated roller-carrying .,cover for a color-holding trough, comprising two 1011- g tud nal sheet metal membersfornnng opposite edge portions of the cover and having downwardly projecting flanges at their outer edges, said flanges being provided with transverseslits betweentheir ends and the longitudinal members being bent to; impart an an u a fe m h reto, an term Ope i 1n the flanges, sheet metal stay pieces united to fia rlg s', at prostesxlss1 f t e op n- 'i11gs he e j t whe eby t angu-la i o 0f t n tudin lm mb r i mainta n d, said stay pieces beingiextended from the flanges nd bent tm m ar ras m h an e n apertured iou s ive r 11 shaft, ,and transverse members attached to a d a nd be wee he l gitud members; a d transver m mbers bins spaced apart to form a relatively wide roller-. 7 conta ning opening I and relatively narrow qu drii s e' op in gs- 2- g1i ted s e 11en ii g ove subst 3 tiallyj as specified by claim 1 the ,apertured e r orme by t t y-piec s te s ns e ing provided with apertured reinforcing members, the apertures of which coincide I with the apertures n the ears.

3,' A grated roller-carrying cover for a s ii-he d iigi treugh compri ng. l n d al membe la hs pre te ed Po tions. themter, p vided. w roller bear ngs, transverse members attached to and extend ng between the longitudinal membe s a t n ve mem e be spaced apart to ior n a relatively wide r l e i-wn al l gg opem r a ely nar liquid-receiving openings, and another relatively w de sponge-receiv ngopening,v and a movable closure forthe last-mentioned opening, hinged to one of the transverse members and rest ng loosely on the adjacent transsignature.

ERNEST LQPIORTER.

' fl opieljot thin patent payee obtained for fiye cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0." 

